Kazakhstan To Start Using New Oil Export Route In 2023

Kazakhstan hopes to deliver up to 1.5 million tons of oil through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline in 2023 as part of growing efforts to find export routes bypassing Russia. Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov told reporters on November 10 that the government’s expectation is that annual shipments via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline will in time reach 6-6.5 million tons.   As things stand, more than two-thirds of Kazakhstan’s oil exports are typically sent to Europe via Russia. But a heavy emphasis has been placed lately on developing…